Matthew Sekits

Practice Areas

Class Action & Mass Tort Defense

Commercial Litigation

Insurance Coverage

Personal & Catastrophic Injury Litigation

Publications

Co-Speaker, “Bad Faith Discovery: What’s Discoverable, What’s Not, and What Might Be Deemed Discoverable Given the 2015 FRCP Amendments, and How to Adapt to States that Don’t Adopt Changes to Federal Rules,” American Conference Institute (ACI) Extra-Contractual & Bad Faith Liability Conference (2016)

Co-Speaker & Author, “Change is in the Air: Recent Changes in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,” Western States Surety Conference (2016)

Co-Speaker, “Surety Bad Faith: A Pre-Flight Safety Briefing,” Western States Surety Conference (2015)

Co-Speaker, “Discovery and Attorney-Client/Work-Product Privilege Scare: Managing the Widening Scope of Plaintiffs’ Discovery Demands, Institutional Discovery in Bad Faith Cases, and the Erosion of Attorney-Client/Work Product Privilege,” American Conference Institute (ACI) National Forum on Bad Faith Claims & Litigation (2015)

Co-Speaker, “Examining the Impact of Additional Insured Coverage in the Industry and Marketplace,” American Conference Institute (ACI) National Advanced Forum on Bad Faith Litigation (2014)

Co-Author, “Binding Arbitration Clauses No Longer Bind Policyholders in Washington,” American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS), Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee Newsletter (2013)

Co-Speaker, “Introduction to Extra-Contractual Insurance Claims in Washington State,” Western States Surety Conference (2013)

Speaker, “Innovative Strategies for Litigating Bad Faith Claims,” Washington Defense Trial Lawyers (WDTL) Insurance Law Update (2013)

Co-Speaker, “Innovative Procedural and Substantive Strategies in Litigating Bad Faith Claims: Motion Practice, Expert Witnesses, Attorneys Fees and Beyond,” American Conference Institute (ACI) Advanced Forum on Bad Faith Litigation (2012)

Co-Speaker, “Insurance Bad Faith Claims,” Sterling Education Services CLE Seminar (2012)

Chapter Author, “Professional Liability Insurance: A Compendium of State Law,” Defense Research Institute (DRI) (2012)

Co-Speaker, “So You’ve Got All Sums – Now What?: Applying All Sums to a Complex Insurance Program,” HB Litigation Conference (2012)

Co-Speaker, “Ethics: Attorney-Client Privilege & Work Product Protections,” American Conference Institute (ACI) Advanced Forum on Bad Faith Litigation (2011)

Co-Speaker, “Preparing to Tell Your Story and Attack the Plaintiff’s Story at Trial,” Defense Research Institute (DRI) Insurance Bad Faith and Extra-Contractual Liability Seminar (2011)

Co-Speaker, “Protecting the Insurer’s Internal Communications from Discovery,” Defense Research Institute (DRI) Insurance Bad Faith and Extra-Contractual Liability Seminar (2011)

Co-Speaker, “Washington’s ‘Insurance Fair Conduct Act’—A Potential Landmine for the Unwary,” Western States Surety Conference (2011)

Speaker, Society of Claim Law Associates (SCLA) Annual Claims Education Conference (2008-2010, 2012-2015)